Lubricating device.



ISRAEL SCBANTON, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

`Speriication ef Letters Patent.

Patented Fiel). 16, 1915.

Application filed January 14, 1914.- Serial No. 811,940.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ISRAEL SCRANTON, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and- State o Illinois, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Lubricating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to'improvements 1n lubricating devices for journals or other bearings, and is adapted to provide proper lubrication for not only the journals, but also the hub of the wheel, so as to prevent undue lateral wear.

' A further object of my invention is the provision of such a device having a perforated top and a perforated end, with the follower-plate forced against the material in the device so as to lubricate the axle, the end perforations permitting the material to be discharged against the hub of the wheel and thereby prevent excessive lateral wear.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objectsas may hereinafter appear', my invention consists in the con struction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and then sought to be defined in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, `and Ywhich shows merely for the purpose of illustrative disclosure two embodiments of my invention, it being understood that various changes may be made in practice within the scope of the claims without digressing from my inventive idea.-

Figure .1i is a vertical cross section of a locomotive axle box showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical section, taken at rightangles to the view shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3. is a perspective view of'the lubricant cellar; Fig. bis a perspective view of another journal box having another form of my invention applied thereto; Fig.- 5 is a longitudinal vertical sectiongof the same.

It is old in this art to pfrnvide a means whereby the axle may beaiitomatically lubricated by forcing a normally solid lubricant through the perforated cover of a box. My invention includes a construction lwhereby the material is forced through the end of a box so as to lubricate the hub and prevent cutting and excessive wear. My invention also includes a new and convenient means of filling the lubricant cellar when bottom member of the cellar.

Aend of the lubricant it` is necessary lubricant.

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the axle of one of the driving wheels of a locomotive, on which is fitted the jcurn'ai box 2 having the usual brass bearing 3 and the lubricant cellar 4. The lubricant cellar is held in piace by means of lugs 5 apertured to receive the bolt or rod 6 which passes through corresponding lugs 7 on the journal box This ceilar 4, is now in use, that is a similar element is well known in this `art-and adapted to contain waste soaked with oil or a solid lubricant which is forced out of the cellar by some feeding means n lubricate the axle.

My invention resides in the particular construction of a lubricant receptacle 8 which I provide 'in the cellar. This receptacle is shown in detail in Fig. 3 and includes the side members 9, the rear end member 10, theA front end member 11, the top member 12, concaved so as to fit the axle, and the bottom member 13. The side members 9 and rear member l0 are imper- 'orate, the end member 11 is provided with elongated apertures 14: and the top member 1Q. is provided with a plurality olapertures 15. The bottom member 13 is movable upwardly within the. lubricant receptacle, having the spring or other resilient member 16 for forcing said, follower-plate in an upward direction, the spring Vbearing against the bottom of the cellar 4. This spring rests on the plate member 17 so that-'it may readily slide on the bottoni of the cellar. The bottom member 13 of the lubricant receptacle is provided with the plurality of supply tubes 18 having the caps 19 and which pass through the elongated slots 2f) in the The spring members 21 bear against the rear member of the cellar and the lubricant receptacle as shown, for the purpose of holding the outer receptacle against or in close proximity to the hub 22, of the wheei. The supply tubes 18 provide a convenient means whereby the lubricant receptacle 8 may be supplied with the lubricant material, it being understood that a suitable pump or other forcing means is connect ed with sail tubes to force the material into said receptacie. This material is in the -form of a solid or semi-solid orplaeic to'replenish the supply of ing a perforated outer end, and means tending to move said receptacle toward the hub of said wheel.

6. In a device of the character described and in combination with an axle box, having a cellar therein7 an axle passing therethrough and a wheel on one end of said axle with its hub against said axle box, a lubricant receptacle mounted in said cellar7 having a perforated and coneaved top and a perforated outer end, means tending te move said receptacle toward the hub of said wheel, the bottom member for said receptacle beingr movable to provide a followenplate, and resilient means for forcing said followerplate upwardly to discharge the lubricant through'the perforations in the top mei u to lubricate the axle and through vlas pf. o rations in the end member to lubrieaic he hub.

7. In a device of the character riesxrilufil and in combination with an axle box, having a cellar therein, :in axle pa ing thereu through and a Wheel on one and of said axle with. its hub against said axle boxe a lubri cant receptacle mounted in said cellar, lllaving a perforated and eoncaved top perforated outer and, means 'for 'iv-.old d lubricant receptacle with the perforated end member in close proximity to the hub of said wheel, the bottom member being mow able to provide a follower-plate, and resilient means for forcingr said follo\vei-plate upwardly to discharge the lubricant through the perforations in the top member to lu-l bri ate the axle and through the perfortions in the rnd member to lubricaic he hub of said Wheel, sain cellar leaving loir gated slots in the bottom thereof and a glib rality of supply tubes for said .lubricant receptacle secured to the movable bottom and extending through the slots in said cellar.

8. In a device of the character described and in combination with an axle box, having a lubricant cellar, an axle passing therethrfiuzglx and a Wheel on one end of said axle with its hub against said axle box, said eellar having elongated slots .in its bottom memben a lubricant receptacle in said cellar having a. perforate top wall, eoncaved to correspond to the curvature of the axle and a perforato front ivali, and also having a movable bo torn to provide a follower-plate, sappigr tubes red to said botoni and pa forni-r nienibnf om member n im i. am spring nieuwer 'i 1 e r- 5,

lor nailing); Saul iene in :i dei" of lille elimini/Mir iles cf, and in combiiiaion with an. asie i.'

cellar therein, :im axle pr:

'ibi jl wheel on om; @mi t with hub against said axle box, a liibrim v in said ich means tending! to more sam weeen le toward the hub of said wheel, eiringated in said collar. and supply tubes for said lubricant receptacle passing through said slots.

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